Usage / Role
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Rotational defensive role
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Player Dossier
2013-2017Southern Miss
Rod Crayton
DL • 6'1" • 287 lbs • Dadeville, AL, USA
Ball-hunting defenderSplash play profile
Rod Crayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Impact Production
46
Developing production for a defensive lineman
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Reliability
54
Useful contributor with volatile peaks
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Star Power
56
Useful peak profile
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Career Arc
Value trend by season
Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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Snapshot
- Career Teams
- 1
- Unique Seasons
- 5
- Program Path
- Southern Miss
- Peak Game
- Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Player Story
Rod Crayton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Dadeville, AL wearing No. 90, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Rod Crayton's career was his defensive...
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- Committed To
- Southern Miss
- Commit Date
- Jan 1, 2013
Rod Crayton, DL. Best season Best season by Season Value: 2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss. Rod Crayton shows a ball-hunting defender profile with 18.9 disruption score.
Stat Footprint
Career production snapshot
- Tackles
- 39
- TFL
- 7
- QB hurries
- 1
Quick Answers
Rod Crayton quick answers
- Latest team and position
- Southern Miss · DL
- Career Tackles
- 39
- Tracked sample
- 5 unique seasons · 5 entries · 16 games
- Best season
- 2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
- Top game
- Kentucky
- Recruit profile
- 3-star · Dadeville · Southern Miss
- High school pipeline
- Dadeville · 3 FBS recruits · 1 drafted player
- Latest roster
- No. 90 · Class 2017
- 2017 Tackles rank
- 32 tackles · DL 131st (top 19%) · Conference USA 151st (top 25%) · National 1,330th (top 24%)
Season Ledger
Crawlable season-by-season stats
| Season | Team | Games | Tackles | TFL | Sacks | QB Hur | PD | TD | Overall |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | 0 | - | 0 | - | - | 0 | - |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 5 | 7 | 0.5 | 0 | - | - | 0 | 8.8 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 11 | 32 | 6.5 | 0 | 1 | - | 0 | 55.8 |
Related Context
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Rod Crayton played DL for Southern Miss. Across 5 tracked seasons, Rod Crayton recorded 39 tackles. His top tracked season came in 2017 with Southern Miss.
Player insights
Lead takeaway
Best season by value score: 2017 Regular Season
Southern Miss paired 7.5 primary output with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
2017 Regular Season role shape
impact-led usage with 18.9 efficiency.
Supporting note
Career value is trending up
2017 Regular Season improved on the prior stop by season value score.
Supporting note
Peak game by takeover score: Kentucky
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet. It landed in the 100th percentile of the selected season.
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2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
Games
11
Havoc Plays / G
0.7
Efficiency
18.9
Usage
5.7
Consistency
56.7
Best Game by takeover score
Kentucky
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Game-by-Game Trend
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Chronological game order.
Game by game trend chart. Kentucky: 1.5. Southern: 1. UL Monroe: 1. North Texas: 1. UTEP: 0. Louisiana Tech: 0. UAB: 1. Tennessee: 0. Rice: 1.5. Charlotte: 0.5. Marshall: 0
Volume vs Efficiency
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Volume versus efficiency scatter chart. Kentucky: 5 by 35.8. Southern: 3 by 22.5. UL Monroe: 3 by 22.5. North Texas: 4 by 26.7. UTEP: 1 by 4.2. Louisiana Tech: 1 by 4.2. UAB: 3 by 22.5. Tennessee: 5 by 20.8. Rice: 4 by 31.7. Charlotte: 2 by 13.3. Marshall: 1 by 4.2
Split Comparison
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Wins0.6 · Games = 7 · -0.3 vs Losses
Losses0.9 · Games = 4 · +0.3 vs Wins
Game Log
Dense stat lines with inline explanations and season-linked highlights.
11 games
Featured metric
Havoc Plays
Top game by takeover score
Kentucky
Best efficiency game
35.8 vs Kentucky
| Result | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sat 11/25 | @ Marshall | W 28-27 | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/18 | vs Charlotte | W 66-21 | 2 | 0 | — | 0.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/11 | @ Rice | W 43-34 | 4 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 11/4 | @ Tennessee | L 10-24 | 5 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/28 | vs UAB | L 12-30 | 3 | 2 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/21 | @ Louisiana Tech | W 34-27 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 10/14 | vs UTEP | W 24-0 | 1 | 1 | — | 0 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/30 | vs North Texas | L 28-43 | 4 | 0 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/16 | @ UL Monroe | W 28-17 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/9 | vs Southern | W 45-0 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
| Sat 9/2 | vs Kentucky | L 17-24 | 5 | 2 | — | 1.50 | 0 | — | 0 | — | — |
Player Story
Rod Crayton story
Rod Crayton built his college career from 2013 through 2017 as a defensive lineman from Dadeville, AL wearing No. 90, spending time with Southern Miss. The clearest part of Rod Crayton's career was his defensive production: 39 tackles and 7 tackles for loss across 16 career games in the available record. That gives Rod Crayton's career enough real context without stretching the story beyond the available production.
Career Arc
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Southern Miss
2013-2017
Opening stop
Season Value Progression
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| Season | Team | Primary | Efficiency | Usage | Delta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | — |
| 2014 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2015 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0 | — | — | 0 |
| 2016 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 0.5 | 6.8 | 1.8 | 0.5 |
| 2017 Regular Season | Southern Miss | 7.5 | 18.9 | 5.7 | 7 |
Signature Performances
Top Games
#1 Featured game
vs Kentucky
Week 1 · L 17-24
Loss with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5
Havoc Plays
78.6 takeover
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 78.6 takeover score.
#2
@ Rice
Week 11 · W 43-34 · Conference game
1.5
Havoc Plays
64.2 takeover
Win with 1.5 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1.5 disruption/tackle impact with 64.2 takeover score.
#3
vs Southern
Week 2 · W 45-0
1
Havoc Plays
55 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 55 takeover score.
#4
@ UL Monroe
Week 3 · W 28-17
1
Havoc Plays
53.3 takeover
Win with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 53.3 takeover score.
#5
vs North Texas
Week 5 · L 28-43 · Conference game
1
Havoc Plays
45.9 takeover
Loss with 1 impact plays across the defensive snap sheet.
1 disruption/tackle impact with 45.9 takeover score.
Top Seasons
#1 Season by Season Value
2017 Regular Season · Southern Miss
7.5 primary output · 18.9 efficiency · 5.7 usage
55.8
#2
2016 Regular Season · Southern Miss
8.8
0.5 primary · 6.8 efficiency · 1.8 usage
#3
2013 Regular Season · Southern Miss
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0 primary · — efficiency · — usage
Milestones
2
Impact games
0
Splash games
0
10+ tackle games
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